At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered with red handprints, arrows and drawings of Native American men in headlines meant to represent the mascot, the Braves. “Welcome to the Dark Side” and “Fight like a Brave” are next …
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Reds updates on Nick Senzel, Mike Moustakas, and Pedro Strop
On Friday night in Milwaukee, the Cincinnati Reds lost both Nick Senzel and Pedro Strop to injuries. Senzel, the Reds starting center fielder, seemed to feel something in the first inning as he went 1st-3rd – arrived on the third and appeared to try to expand a bit after joining …
Read More »The Silence of the Jams: Sony’s new WH-1000XM4 over-ears stop me from singing
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Dus, La, Ti… NO. That’s what the best new feature on the otherwise excellent Sony WH-1000XM4 sound-canceling headphones seems to imply every time I rip into song she wears. Unfortunately, and sure coincidentally, Sony’s headphones do not seem to make me enjoy it that much. They …
Read More »US hits 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases because Europe is confused about failure
ROME – With confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US hitting 5 million on Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the lack of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the pound in Europe is astonishing and alarming . Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s …
Read More »Red Sox Notes: Ron Roenicke Explains ‘Tough’ Decision to Hit for Andrew Benintendi | Red Sox notes
Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke made a very interesting decision to cut out outfielder Kevin Pillar for Andrew Benintendi in the fourth inning with Boston leading the Toronto Blue Jays through one run and looking for more offense. It was, certainly at the time, a movement predicated by crime. But …
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